Cigarette extinguisher for automobile

Claim 1

A cigarette extinguisher and ash-tray combination for use in an automobile, comprising: a support, including a bight portion and a pair of upright spaced legs; an ash-tray defining a bottom and side walls; means connecting said support to said ash-tray with said bight portion spaced above the bottom of said ash-tray; an open-ended cylindrical snuffer tube having a top inlet end, for insertion of a lighted cigarette, and a bottom bevelled outlet end, for discharge of said cigarette into said ash-tray; said tube having a pair of diametricallyopposite pivot pins protruding outwardly therefrom intermediate the ends thereof, said legs having registering holes receiving said pivot pins for pivotal action of the tube thereabout in between as inclined cigarette extinguishing position in which said bottom bevelled end abuts said bight portion and a more-inclined cigarette-discharging position in which said bottom bevelled end clears said bight portion and a coil spring surrounding one of said pivot pins between said tube and one of said legs and having straight end portions removably attached to said tube and to said one leg respectively, and biased to press the bottom outlet of said snuffer tube against said bight portion in said cigarette-extinguishing position, and prevent play of said snuffer tube relative to said support despite the vibrations imparted to said extinguisher during movement of the automobile carrying said ash-tray.